examplesofwork

3Ps are working with Peanut at Northumbria
University to train groups of residents on
estates in South Tyneside. The aim of the
project is to engage with and involve local
communities in the development of a series of
community appraisals. The approach is based
upon Participatory Learning and Action,
enabling local people to identify a set of
solutions to issues currently facing the
community and provide a mechanism to
establish positive relationships with key
service providers and remain actively involved
in the planning, delivery and monitoring of the
actions.

In 2007 South Tyneside Council were awarded
Beacon Status for community engagement.
The project has also been used as a case
study of good practice by IDEA (Improvement
and Development Agency for Local
Government).

3Ps have carried out a series of community
consultations for heritage sites in England as
part of the audience development planning
process. 3Ps organised group visits followed
by a consultation session. 3Ps have consulted
with primary school children, young people,
people from minority ethnic communities,
families with young children, people with
disabilities, business people, older people, and
potential volunteers in places as diverse as a
watermill, a bronze age village, a narrow gauge
railway and a stately home.

3Ps have been encouraging participation in
decision making in three market towns in North
Yorkshire. We trained a group of young people
and members of a 'town team' using
participatory approaches to find out the needs
of young people in the towns and to design
projects to benefit them. In Skipton we ran a
community research project using Participatory
Appraisal techniques and in Selby we used
Participatory Video techniques.

3Ps has a long track record in devising and
running training Participatory Appraisal
training courses ranging from introductory
to advanced. We also run Participatory
Video training workshops.

3Ps has worked with voluntary and community
groups, local authorities, universities, regeneration
partnerships, government agencies, heritage
consultants and architects. Specific organisations
include: Northumbria University, Kent University,
PLB Consulting, Nottingham County Council,
Cambridgeshire NHS Trust, Oldham and Rochdale
Housing Market Renewal, Leeds Visual Arts Forum,
Leeds Voice, The North East London Mental Health
Trust, The St Giles Trust, Yorkshire Forward and
Wiles Maguire Architects.